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GENEALOGICAL MEMORIALS

OF

Lieut.-Gov. JACOB LEISLER.

GENEALOGICAL NOTES

RELATING TO

Lieut.-Gov. JACOB LEISLER,

AND HIS FAMILY CONNECTIONS

IN

NEW YORK.

By EDWIN R. PURPLE,

LIFE MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.

NEW YORK:
PRIVATELY PRINTED.

1877.

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Reprinted from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record ;

With Additions.

EDITION, 75 COPIES.

THE LEISLER FAMILY

IN NEW YORK.

The accounts heretofore published concerning the family of Lieutenant
Governor Jacob Leisler, who has been justly styled the Proto-Martyr of

American Independence, have been when attempted in detail, in all, or
nearly all instances inexact. This was doubtless owing to the fact that
until within the past three years the baptismal and Marriage Records of the
Reformed Dutch Church in the city of New York, which contained the data
for a correct history of his family, were sealed books, or at least open only
to a favored few. The publication of these records in the New York
Genealogical and biographical Record has opened a wide held for genea-
logical inquiry respecting the early families of Xew York, into which, in the
present instance, the writer has availed himself of the opportunity of enter-
ing, as a humble gleaner.

By his marriage to Elsje (Anglicized Alice and Alida) Tymens, the widow
of Pieter Cornelisen Van der Yeen, Jacob Leisler became allied to some
of the most prominent families in New Netherland, and we proceed, first,
to notice his wife's family relations.

T \ MENS— VA N DER VEEX.

There is nothing more perplexing to one engaged in tracing the pedi-
grees of the early Dutch settlers, than the changes sometimes found in
the name of the same individual. Among these will be noted those which
occur in the children of a widow upon her remarriage, who frequently bear
the name of their stepfather, as well as their proper Dutch patronymic.
Thus the name of Elsje Elberts, daughter of Elbert Janszen and Elsje
Jans, after her mother's second marriage to Otto Grim, is sometimes
recorded Elsje Grim. So we find Elsje Tymens, after the third marriage
of her widowed mother to Govert Loockermans, called Elsje Looekermans,
as though she was his putative daughter instead of his step daughter.

Elsje Tymens (Thymens) wife of Pietee Corn. Van der Veen and
daughter of Thymen and Marritje Janszen, was born in New Amsterdam.
Her father was a ship carpenter and must have come to New Netherland
as early as 1633, perhaps with Director General Wbuter Yan Twiller in
April of that year. On the 16th of A]iril 1639, then aged 36 years, he
made before Secretary Cornells Van Tienhoven, with Jacob HofTelsen
(Stoffelsen ?), overseer, aged about 57 years, and Gillis Petersen Yan der

5 THE LEISLER FAMILY.

Gouw, house carpenter, aged 27 years, a deposition in regard to the
dilapidated state of the Fort, and the bad condition of affairs generally at
New Amsterdam, at the time of the arrival, March 28, 1638, of Director
William Kieft in the ship Haring.' In 1642, he obtained a patent for
land on Mespat Kill, L. I., and July 3, 1643, one for land on Manhattan
Island, and another, July 13, the same year for land on Long Island. He
died soon after.

Her mother, Marritje Janszen, was a daughter of Tryn Jonas (Jansen ?)
midwife at New Amsterdam, and a sister of Anneke Jans who married —
first, Roelof Janszen, and second, the Rev. Everardus Bogardus. She
married her second husband, Dirck Corneliszen j.m.3 van Wensveen, Aug.
28, 1646, by whom she had Cornelis (Dirckszen), baptized March 17, 1647 J
he married Nov. 17, 1672, Grietje Hendricks of New York, daughter of
Hendrick Willemszen, and had son Dirck, baptized March 2, 1674.
Cornelis Dirckszen, above named, deceased before May 1678, and his
widow, Grietje Hendricks, married October, 1678, John Robinson, mer-
chant of New York, and had Marie, baptized July 18, 1683, and Grietje
baptized October 12, 1684.

Dirck Corneliszen, the second husband of Marritje Janszen, was living in
August, 1647, but had deceased before August, 29, 1648, at which date his
widow gave a power of attorney to William Turck and Seth Yerbrugge to
receive certain accounts, &c., in the hands of Wouter Van Twiller at
Amsterdam.3 She married, third, Govert Loockermans,4 by whom she
had son Jacob, baptized March 17, 1652. (iovert Loockermans died late
in 1670, of whom more hereafter, and his widow was buried Nov. 20, 1677.6
In her will, dated May 7, 1677, with codicil, dated Nov. 1, she is styled Mrs.
Mary Jansen, widow of Govert Lockermans, and names the three children
of her daughter Elsce Lysler by Peter Cornelis Van der Xeew deceased, as
follows : Cornelius, Timothy, and Margaretta, to whom she gives the sum
of one hundred guilders ($40) in beavers, at eight guilders apiece ; to
Anna, daughter of William Bogardus, the sum of fifty guilders in beavers.
Names as her universal heirs, her children Elsie Tymans, married with
Jacob Leysler ; Cornelis Dirkse married with Grietie Hendrickse, and
Jacob Lockermans not married. Makes a small bequest to Mary Van
Brugh, daughter of Mr. Johannes Van Brugh, and to Susannah Leysler, her
said daughter's daughter. Appoints her cousin, Mr. Johannes Van Brugh
and Mr. Francis Rombouts Alderman, of this city, executors.

Ei.sjk Tymeks m. r1 Jan. 7, 1652, Pieter Corn. Van der Veenj. m.
from Amsterdam. The first notice of him is found in the record of his
marriage. He was a merchant in New Amsterdam, admitted to the rights
of a small burgher April 1 r. 1657, and in 1658 was appointed one of the
Commissioners to treat with the Esopus Indians. Soon after his marriage
he erected the first brick house built in this city, and situated on the
present westerly side of Whitehall between Pearl and State Streets. He
was the principal projector, in company with Cornelius de Potter, of the
fir^t ship, the " New Love," known to have been built at this port." He

• Coll. N. Y. Hist. Society, vol. I, New Scries, p. 279.

; Abbreviation of Jong man, a young man or bachelor. The abbreviation j. d. after a woman's name in
her marriage record mtxasjonge tlochter, or young girl, one not before married.

» Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS. Dutch, p. 40, 42, 49.

4 Goverl Loockertnans.j. m. van Tumlioiit m. July it. 1640. Marritje Jans j. d. Is it not probable that
these are the persons above alluded to, and that j. d. after her name is an error in the marriage record ?

6 O'Callaghan's Hist. New Netherlands, vol. 2, p. 38.

• Valentine's Manual, i860, p. 504.

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died in 1 66 r. Pieter Cornelisen Van der Veen and Elsje Tymens had
issue :
i. Cornelis, bap. October 27, 1652; tn. Magdalena Wol i m and

prob. d. s. p. His widow 111. April 25, 1683, I.m.muui IIim.in DE
Cleyn (de Kleyn), of whom hereafter.

2. Timothy, born 1654? There is no record found of his baptism; lie
was sponsor at the baptism of Johannes, son of Robert Walters, May 22
16S7. which is the last notice found of him.

3. Margarita, hap. Feb. 18, 1657 ; m. May 15, 1682, Is lac Si ephenszen,
mariner of New York, and had — 1. Margriet, hap. Feb. 9, 1684, who m.
Sept. 12, 1700, Symon Pasco (Pasko), and had Symon, bap. July 7, 1703,
and Kli/abeth,bap. Sept. 8, 1706; 2. Pieter, bap. Dec. 25, 16X5 ; 3. Eliza-
beth, bap. Nov. 20, 1687, d. young; 4. Elizabeth, bap. July 30, 1690,
who married March 18, 1710, Jacobus Mauritz, and had Elizabeth, bap.
June 29, 1 712, and Elizabeth, bap. April 28, 1714, who m. June 26, 1738,
James De Hart, and had Margrita, bap. May 2, 1739, and Jacoba, bap.
Oct. 8, 1740.

4. Catharyn, bap. June 29, 1659; not named in her grandmother's
will, and prob. died young.

LEISLER.
(first three generations.)

t. Jacob Leisler1 (Loyseler, T.eysler, Leydsler, Leydser, Lysler), from
Frankfort, came to New Netherland a soldier in the West India Company's
service in 1660. He embarked in the ship Otter from Amsterdam, the
27th of April of that year. There was a tradition among his descendants
that he came originally from France, and a vague report, a hundred years
or so ago in New York, that he was a Swiss.1 It is more likely that he was
born in Frankfort, and was, therefore, a native of Germany. A Susanna
I .eydser was one of the sponsors at the baptism, Feb. 10, 1664, of Susanna,
his eldest daughter. The conjecture is a fair one that she was his mother.
He joined the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam Oct. 2, 1661, and married,
April n, 1663, Fl*je Tymens, widow of Pieter (Cornelisen) Van der Veen,
who was, in his day, a reputable and wealthy merchant of this city. He prob-
ably succeeded to the business left by Van der Veen, as a few years after his
marriage we find him engaged in mercantile pursuits, through which, and
by his marriage, he acquired a large estate, and was ranked among the
wealthiest citizens of his time. In 1678, while on a voyage to Furope, he
was taken prisoner by the Turks, to whom he paid a large ransom for his
freedom. On the 10th of Sept., 1684, he was commissioned Captain of
a Militia Company in New York. He purchased for the Huguenots,
Sept. 20, 1689, of John Pell and Rachel his wife, six thousand acres of
land within the manor of Pelham, now the township of New Rochelle, in
Westchester Co., New York.3

Fail}' in 1689 news reached New York of the overthrow of James the
Second, and the accession of William. Prince of Orange, to the English
throne. The people having determined to seize Fort James, in the
interest of King William and Queen Mary, they selected Capt. Jacob

' N. Y. Hist. Society Coll., 1868, p. 424.

' Kolton's Hist, of Westchester County, vol. 1, p. 376.

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Leisler to carry their design into effect. On the 3d of June, 1689, the day
following its seizure, Lieut.-Governor Nicholson left New York for
England. The same day Leisler issued a proclamation declaring that his
intention in holding the fort was to preserve the Protestant religion, and
that he should hold it only until the arrival of a Governor with orders from
his Royal Highness, the Prince of Orange, then daily expected, into
whose hands it would be immediately delivered up. But this expectation,
unfortunately for him, and the peace of the Province, was not realized un-
til the arrival of Gov. Sloughter, in March, 1691. In the meantime, Leisler,
on the 1 6th of August, 1689, was commissioned Commander-in-Chief, by
a Committee of Safety, who represented a majority of the community.

In Dec, 1689, a messenger arrived in New York, bearing a letter from
the English Government, addressed "To Francis Nicholson, Esq., or in
his absence, to such as for the time being takes care for preserving the
peace and administering die laws in His Majesties province of New York."
This letter i;ave authority to the person addressed to take chief command
as Lieutenant-Governor of the Province, and to appoint a Council to assist
him in conducting the government. By the advice of the Committee of
Safety Leisler, on the nth Dec, 1689, assumed the style of Lieutenant-
Governor, and selected as his Council, Pieter De La Nov, Samuel Staats,
Hendrick Jansen (Van Feurden), Johannes Yermelje, for the city and
county of New York; Capt. Gerardus Beeckman, for Kings County;
Samuel Kdsall, for Queens County ; Capt. Thomas Williams, for West-
chester County : and William Lawrence, for the County of Orange. They
appointed Jacob Milborne Secretary of the Province and Clerk to the
Lieutenant-Governor and Council. On the 28th Jan., 1691, Capt. Richard
Ingoldsby arrived in New York, bearing their Majesties' Commission as
Captain of Loot, and, without producing any legal authority, he demanded
of Leisler the possession of the fort, which was refused. Henry Sloughter,
who had been appointed Governor in Chief of the Province, arrived on
the 19th of March following, late in the day, and Leisler, "having notice
thereof, that same night (though very late) took care to deliver the fort to
his onler. which was done very early the next morning." Sloughter im-
mediately ordered the arrest of Leisler, and his friends with him, and
called a special Court of Oyer and Terminer, which was held for their
dial in April following. By this court, composed of Mime of his most
virulent enemies, and which from the first had prejudged him and his as-
sociates,1 Leisler, and Jacob Milborne, his son-in-law, were convicted
and attainted of high (reason, for not delivering the possession of the fort
to Capt. Richard Ingoldsby, and sentenced to death. They were executed
together near the site of the present Hall of Records." on Saturday, May 16,
16,91, while the populace was overawed by military force, and their
enemies "were carousing in beastly triumph and drunkenness."

Leister's dying speech hears testimony of his Christian spirit and heroic
fortitude. While not denying that excesses had been committed, oftentimes
ust their will, "during the unhappy abode" of himself and Milborne
"in power," — which required in such great and weighty matters of state
more wise, cunning, and powerful pilots than either of them could claim to
be, — he declared their common object to have been the glory of the Pro

1 Gerardus Beekman, Johannes Vermelje, Thomas Williams, Meyndert Coerten, Abraham Brasher, and
Aliraham Gouverneur were i onvii ted, »itli Leisler ami Milborne, of high treason.
" Moulton's View of the City of New Orange in 1072, p. 22.

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testant interest and the establishment of their present Majesties' govern-
ment Of such as they had injured, lie humbly begged forgiveness, desir-
ing them "with Christian charity to bury all malice in our graves";
declaring before God and the world, "as dying sinners, that we not only
forgive the greatest and most inveterate of our enemies, but, according to
the pattern of our dying Saviour, we say to the God of justice, ' Father,
forgive them, for they know not what they do ' " ; requiring and making it
" our dying supplication to all our relatives and friends that they should, in
time to come, be forgetful of any injury done to us or either of us," so that
discord and dissension may by " our dying sides be buried in oblivion."
1 [e prayed the Lord in his infinite mercy to preserve the King and Queen ;
to be merciful unto and bless with peace and unity their kingdoms, and pre-
serve the province from enemies abroad and spiteful wretches at home ; to
bless the Governor, the Council, Assembly, and Government now estab-
lished, that they may be united to propagate their Majesties' interest, the
country's good, and the establishment of piety ; praying the Lord of Heaven
of his infinite mercy to bless all that wish well to Zion, and convert those
that are out of the way ; to comfort all that are desolate, grieved, and
oppressed in misery, especially the souls of that poor family unto which he
did formerly belong; his only comfort in this case being that God had
promised to take care of the widow and fatherless, reccommending them all
into the hands of one that is able and willing to save those that seek Him ;
desiring them to put their perpetual confidence in the mercies of one that
never faileth, and not to weep for him who was departing to his Clod, but
rather weep for themselves who remain behind in a state of misery and
trouble. He then expressed the hope that all would " Christian-like be
charitable to our poor distressed family that are to remain among you (as
long as God please) ; that you will join with us in prayer for the preserva-
tion of our immortal souls in a kingdom of never Dying Glory, unto which
God of his inhnte mercy bring us all. Amen. Amen."

When the sheriff asked him if he was ready to die, he replied, Yes ; that
he had made his peace with God, and death had no terror for him. He
then requested that his body might be delivered to his wife ; declared that
he had educated his family as Christians, and hoped they would continue so
to be. He said, " You have brought my body to shame, I hope you will
not despise my family therefor." "We read in the Lord's prayer, For-
give us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us." " Our
Lord Jesus Christ suffered so much in this world, why should I not suffer a
little ? " Turning to his son, Milborne, he said, " I must now die ; why must
you die? You have been but a servant to me." He then again declared,
as a dying man, that what he had done was in the service of King William
and Queen Mary, for the defence of the Protestant religion and the good
of the country, and invoked the judgment of God upon his actions. As
the handkerchief was put about his head he exclaimed : "I hope these my
eyes shall see our Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven. I am ready ; I am ready."

/Milborne prayed for the King and Queen, the Governor and Council,
pardoned the judge who had condemned him, saying that the Lord would
forgive him ; that " he was ready to lay down this terrestrial coat, being
assured that his Heavenly Father would clothe him with a new one in the
Kingdom of Heaven." Then turning to Mr. Robert Livingston, he said :
" You have caused the King [that] 1 must now die ; but before God's tri-
bunal I will implead you for the same." To Leisler he said: "We are

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thoroughly wet with rain ; but in a little while we shall be rained through
with the Holy Spirit." To the Sheriff, who asked him if he would not bless
the King and Queen, he answered : " It is for the King and Queen I die,
and the Protestant religion to which I was born and bred. I am ready; I
am ready. Father, unto thy hands I recommend my soul."

Dominie Selyns, who once declared that Leisler was a devil in the flesh,
was touched by their demeanor on the scaffold, and confessed that they
both died like Christians.

After execution (by hanging) they were beheaded and their bodies buried
in ground belonging to Leisler, east of the Commons, and near the corner
of a street called George street, supposed to be in the rear of the present
" Tribune Building," between Spruce and Frankfort streets. They were
reburied, with great solemnity by a large concourse of citizens, in the Old
Dutch Church, in Garden street, now Exchange Place, Oct. 20, 1698.
The British Parliament, in 1695. passed an act reversing their attainder,
and restoring their estates to their families, thus virtually censuring the
illegality of their execution. (Dunlap's History of New York, Vol. 1;
Documentary History of New York, Vol. 2 ; The Administration of
Jacob Leisler, by Charles F. Hoffman, in Sparks' American Biography,
Vol. 13 ; Collections of the N. Y. Historical Society, for 1868 ; Valen-
tine's History of New York.)

Flsje Tymens, the widow of Jacob Leisler, survived him some 13 or 14
years. She was living Sept. 17, 1704, at which date she was a sponsor at
the baptism of Elizabeth, dau. of Barent Reinders. Issue.

2. i. Susannah,1 bap. Feb. 10, 1664; joined the Dutch Church in New
York, Dec. 3, 1681, and removed with certificate some time after to Ber-
gen (N. J.?). She m. 1st, Michiel Vaughton (called Farton in the Dutch
Church Baptismal Records), an Englishman and ^.protigi of Gov. Thomas
Dongan, with whom he came to New York in August, 1683 ; their m. 1.
is dated June 24, 1687 (N. Y. <;. & B. Record, Vol. Y., p. 174). He
was a half-brother of John Spragg, Esq., who was a member of the Legis-
lative Council in 1683, and subsequently Secretary of the Province of
New York.

Governor Dongan describes Vaughton as having been " a volunteer two
or three years on board ship with Captain Temple," etc., and "a pretty
ingenious young man," who, happening to be in London when he came away,
offered his services, which the Governor accepted and promised to aid him
with money when in need of it " for to put him into some way." On
the nth of May, 1684, he was commissioned Clerk of the Market of New
York, and in December following we find him Commander of the Sloop
James, and authorized by warrant to proceed to the Sound and seize and
send to the city all vessels that may seem to be engaged in unlawful traffic.
Edward Antill was part owner of the vessel he commanded, Vaughton's
share in it having been purchased with money loaned him by Gov. Dongan.
in the spring of 1685, Hugh Riddle, a Scotchman and "poor Gentleman,"
coining into the Province from New Jersey, brought with him, without
entry at the Custom House, a small parcel of linen cf the value of three
to five pounds. Some time after, Riddle and one of the Custom officers
" drinking drunk together," fell to quarrelling, on which the officer went out,
about one or two in the morning, and, meeting Vaughton, also a Custom
House officer, compelled him to go with him to seize uncustomed goods, at
Riddle's lodgings. Arrived there, they broke open the door, and Riddle,

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" still drunk," in endeavoring to keep them out, stabbed Vaughton, wound-
ing him severely. For this offence he was thrown into prison, where he
remained a long time awaiting Vaughton's recovery. Being in a starving
condition, he was finally liberated upon the application of Mr. Vaughton,

Mr. Spragg, and others, the Council ordering his goods to be released upon
his paying the physicians their charges for attending Vaughton. These
being more than the value of the goods, and Riddle a poor man, Mr. Spragg,
in charity to him, paid the surgeons their demand, amounting to ten
pounds.1

On the 24th of January, 1702, Susanna Vaughton, his widow, petitioned
for a patent of 300 acres of land, lying in the vicinity of the Crom Klboogh
(Crum Elbow Creek), in Dutchess County, ''which she alleges to be part
of a purchase made by Henry Pawling (Sheriff of Esopus in 1684), under
a license granted to her husband, in company with said Pawling, and for
which no patent has as yet been granted."

The last notice of Michiel Vaughton where his identity is certain is
found in the record of the baptism of his son Michiel, September 9, 1688.
The sponsors at this baptism were John Spragg, Robbert Walters, and Catha-
rina Leydser. He probably died soon after. His widow m. 2d, March 12
1704, Leonard (Huygen) de Kleyn,* by whom she had no issue.

Michiel Vaughton, son of Michiel Vaughton and Susannah Leisler,
bap. September 9, 1688, m. May 15, 1712, Catharina dau. of John Don-
aldson (Danginson, Danillson, Dennissen, Dumelson) and Elizabeth Ro-
denburg.f In 17 19 he was a merchant and afterwards a sail-maker in New
York.

Will dated Dec. 28, 1732; proven Feb. 24, 1736; names wife,

1 Doc. Ret. to Col. Hist, of N. Y., vol. 3, p. 407-8-9, 493. Cal. N. Y. Hist. Mss. Engilsh, p. 116-117, 128,
134 and 306.

* Lkendert (Leonard) Huygen de Ki.eyn (de Cleyn, Cleyn) Van Buuren, was a son of Hugh I'.arentsen
de Clein, who, with his wife and seven children, embarked from Amsterdam for \cw Netherland, in May,
1661, in the Beaver. Hugo Barents (de Kleyn) and his wife Mayken Bartels joined the Dutch Church in
New Amsterdam, October 2, 1661. I.eendert joined May 28, 1679, and m. 1st, April 25, 1083. Magdalena
Wolsui Wolsen >. widow of Cornells Van dcr Veen He was a shop-keeper in New York for many

years, hut removed in the latter part of his life to New Rochelle, Westchester Co., X, Y. , where he died in
1735, having survived his second wife. Susannah Leisler, a number of years. The Latter part of his name is
frequently dropped in the Dutch Records, and he appears simply as Leendert Huygen or Huygcns. Issue:

i. David, hap. May 24, 1(84. d. s. p.

;. Maria, bap. March 7, 1686 ; m. February 28. 1708, Joseph Robinson, merchant, of New York, and had
1 rd, bap. September 24, 1710 ; Richard, bap. September 17, 1712 ; Joseph, Lap. January 2, 1715; and

Maria, bap. January 14, 1719.

3. Elisabeth, bap. March 29, 1688 : m. November 3. 1705, Anthony I.ispenard, son of Anthony and wife
Aheltie. At the baptism of his children his name is written Anthony Lippenard. In 1724 he removed to
New Rochelle. Issue : Anthony, hap. July 27, 1709 ; Magdalena, bap. February 16, 1712 ; Leonard, bap.
January 25, 1716 : Johannes, bap. February 1. 1721 ; and Elisabeth, bap. February 5, 1724.

4. Barent, bap. February 28, 1690 ; m. August 28, 1711. Cornelia, dau. of Rev. Rudolphus Varick and his
wile Margarets Visboom, and had Leonard, bap. December 7, 1712. Barent de Kleyn died soon after, and
his widow, Cornelia, m. 2d, July 22, 1715, Pieter Van Dyk (Van Dyck).

5. Johannes, bap. February 4, 1694 ; d. s. p.

6. Magdalena, bap. January 26, 1696 : d. s. p.

7. Catharina, bap. in Brooklyn. November 27. 1698; d. s. p.

t Elizabeth Rodenburg, dau. of Lucas Rodenburg and Catrina Roelofs, was born on the Island of Cu-
racoa. her father being vice director there from about 1646 to 1657, the year of his death. Her mother was
a dau. of Roelof Jansen and Anneke Jans, and after the death of her first husband married 2d. April 24,
1658, Johannes Pieterszen Ver Brugge [Van Brugh] from Haerlem, a prominent merchant and magisirate
of New Amsterdam.

Elizabeth Rodenburg m. 1st, September 3, 1679, Ephraim, son of Augustyn Hermans and Janneken Ver-
leth. Hf was bap. September 1, 1652. In August, 1673, when the Dutch fleet under command of Benckes
and F.vertscn captured New York, he was a C'ierk in the Secretary of State's Office, and was com-
missioned with others, by the Dutch Council of war. to administer the oath of allegiance to the inhabit-
ants on Long Island. Removing to the Delaware, he was appointed, in 1676, Clerk of the courts of
New Castle and Upland, the court giving him in 1678 a certificate for his excellent conduct while in office.
After his marriage m New York he returned to Delaware, and was appointed Surveyor 1 to which profession
his lather belonged) June 22, 1680, for the counties of New Castle and St. Jones. About this time he joined
the Labadists. a short-lived religious sect, of which Jean de I.abadie was the founder, and whose followers
Dankets and Sluyter had with slight success sought to colonize on the Delaware. (Hazard's Annals of
Penn., 426-51-72. Memoirs L. I. Hist. Soc, Vol. I, swi.. xxxiv., xxw.i He died in 1689. His widow re-
turned from Newcastle and rejoined the Dutch Church in New York, September 1, 1689. They had issue

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Catharin; eldest son, John; son, Jacob; daughters, Elizabeth, Susannah,
Katherin, and Mary. Appoints his wife and his cousins Paul Richard, and
William Hamersly, of the city of New York, merchants, Executrix and
Executors. Issue :

i. Michiel Vaughton, bap. Feb. 15, 1713 ; d. young.

2. Elizabeth Vaughton, bap. Sept. 1, 1 715.

3. Johannes Vaughton, bap. July 31, 171 7 ; d. young.

4. Johannes Vaughton, bap. April 24, 1720.

5. Jacob Vaughton, bap. April ix, 1722.

6. Susannah Vaughton, bap. Dec. 2, 1724; m. March 8, 1747,

Maurits, son of Balthazer De Hart and Margrietje Maui its, of
New York. They settled at Shrewsbury, N. J.

7. Catharina Vauchton, bap. Dec. 21, 1726.

8. Mary Vaughton, bap. Sept. 25, 1728; she m. June 22, 1769,

Pieter Wessels, and died at Shrewsbury, Jan. 18, 1816.

3. ii. Catharina,2 bap. Nov. 8, 1665 ; m. Feb. 4, 1685, Robert Wal-
ters, j. m., from Plymouth, England. He was a merchant in New York,
Alderman of the South Ward, 1688-9, member of the Assembly called
under Leisler's authority in 1690, and member of the Colonial Council
under Governors Bellomont and Nanfan, from 1698 to 1702, when he was
suspended by Lord Cornbury. He was again a member of the Council
under the administrations of Governors Hunter and Burnet, and Mayor of
New York 1720-21-22-23. He died early in 1 731. Issue :

1. Elisabeth Walters, bap. Nov. 1, 1685 ; m. Capt. Johannes

Wendel, of Albany. See Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. 148.

2. Johannes Walters, bap. May 22, 1687.

3. Maria Walters, bap. Nov. 24, 1689.

4. Catharina Walters, bap. , 1692?; m. Nov. 15, 1710,

Johannes Van Hartsberge, and had Elizabeth, bap. Aug. 5, 1 7 1 1 ;
Johannes, bap. March 29, 17 13; and Catharina, bap. Dec. 19,
1 714. In 1 71 9 he was a merchant at Surinam.

5. Sara Walters, bap. in Brooklyn, May 4, 1695 ; d. young.

6. Jacoba Walters, bap. , 1697.?

7. Jacob Walters, bap. March 20, 1700.

8. Sara Walters, born June 29, 9 o'clock in the evening; bap. July

2, 1704.

9. Hester Walters, bap. Jan. 8, 1707

4. iii. Jacob,5 bap. Nov. 13, 1667. He was active in procuring from
Parliament the reversal of the attainder of his father and brother-in-hnv
Jacob Milborne, and for this purpose visited England in 1694-5. After his
return he resided in the South Ward of New York, where he was living
in Nov., 1 73 r. He died without issue.

5. iv. Mary,2 bap. Dec. 12, 1669; joined the Dutch Church in New
York, Sept. 2, 16S8, and afterwards removed to Bergen. In Feb., 1690
(m. 1. dated Feb. 3 of that year), she married Jacob Milborne (Milburne,
Melborn), the active Secretary of her father, and one of the leading

bap. in New York : Augustinus, l>ap. July 7, 1680 ; Augustina, bap. June I, 1684 ; Samuel, bap. April 20, 1687,
anil Kphriam, bap. October 7. 1688.

Shi in id, March 24, 1692, John Donaldson, j. m. Van Galleway (Scotland?). He lived on the South
or Delaware River where Catharina, their dan., named in the text ■■•■ l> m I hi \ had another

dau. Maria, bap. in New York, July 1, 1696, who married George Yates, merchant, of Philadelphia.

THE LEISLER FAMIL Y. j .,

spirits of his administration. He was born in England about 1648, and
was a brother of Rev. William Milborne, who settled as minister of the

church at Saco, Maine, in May, 1685, and prob. died at Boston, August,
1699.'

It is alleged that he was convicted of clipping the Kings coin, and sold
as a servant in the Barbadoes, and afterwards bought by a Hartford man.3
If this story be true, he must have been a mere child at the time of the com-
mission of the offence for which he was transported to Barbadoes. He was
living in Hartford in 1663,3 came to New York in 1668, being then twenty
years old, and was employed by Thomas Delavall, a leading merchant,
as clerk and bookkeeper, in whose service he remained until 1672. In
October of that year he was admitted to plead with John Sharp and Samuel
Edsal, Attorneys for the Plaintiff, in the trial of a suit in the Court of
Assizes, at New York, on appeal from the Court on the Delaware, brought
by Armigart Pappegoya (dau. of the Swedish Governor Print/.) against
Andrew Carr, for the recovery of Tinnicum Island.4 He soon after eng
in trade as a merchant in New York, his commercial enterprises causing
his frecpient absence from the province. Returning from England on the
25th of August, 1689, he was appointed in December following Secretary
of the Province and Clerk to Lieut.-Gov. Leisler, with whom his subsequent
history and sad fate is identified.

It is probable that Mary Leisler2 was the second wife of Jacob Mil-
borne. In the list of members of the Dutch Church in New York, under
date Nov. 29, 1688, appears the name of Johanna Edsal, h. v.5 Jacob
Melborn. Opposite her name, Obyt is written, but the date of her decease
is not given. She was probably the dau. of Samuel Edsal and Jenneke
Wessels, and bap. in Bergen, N. J., Sept. 4, 1667.

In the second preamble of the Act of Parliament in 1695, reversing the
attainder of Jacob Leisler and others, the following is recited: "And
whereas the said Jacob Leisler, also Jacob Milborne, Abraham Gouverneur,
and several others, were arraigned in the Supreme Court of Judicature at
New York aforesaid, and convicted and attainted of high treason and
felony, for not delivering the possession of the said fort to the said Richard
Ingoldsby, and the said Jacob Leisler and Jacob Milborne were executed
for the same. May it therefore please your most excellent Majesty at the
humble petition and request of Jacob Leisler, the son and heir of the said
Jacob Leisler, deceased, Jacob Milborne, the son and heir of the said
Jacob Milborne, deceased, and of the said Abraham Gouverneur, that it be
declared and enacted," etc."

The above is the only statement we have found, that Jacob Milborne
left issue surviving him. This son (if the name is not an accidental in-
terpolation in the above bill) was probably the fruit of Milborne's first mar-
riage with Johanna Edsal, who, being in England at the time of his father's
tragic death, afterwards remained there.

Mary Leisler,2 widow of Jacob Milborne, m. 2d, in May, 1699, Abra-
ham Gouverneur, above referred to, son of Nicholas Gouverneur and
Machtelt (Matilda) de Riemer. In 1689, then a youth of eighteen, he was
made Clerk of Leisler's Committee of Safety and Town Clerk of New

1 Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, 3, p. 206. Folsom's Hist. Saco and Biddeford, p. 137.

3 Brodhead's Hist, of New York, 2, p. 196. Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. V., 3, 755.

3 Hinman's First Puritan Settlers of Conn. p. 54.

* Hazard's Annals of f'enn., p. 400.

6 Abbreviation of Huysvrow, the Dutch word for wife or housewife.

" Documentary History of New York, vol. 2, p. 249. X 3 $

I4 THE LEISLER FAMILY.

York. He was elected to the Assembly in 1699, served until 1702 ; was
Speaker in 1701, " and regarded as among the ablest and best of the Leis-
lerian party." His will is dated Sept. 12, 1739; proven Oct. 8, 1740.
Issue :

1. Nicholas Gouverneur, bap. Feb. 25, 1700; he married his cou-

sin Geertruy t, dau. of Barent Rynders and Hester Leisler. Their
children are given below.

2. Jacoba Gouverneur, bap. Dec. 5, 1701.

3. Elizabeth Gouverneur, bap. July 9, 1704 ; died 1751, unmarried.

4. Jacob Gouverneur, bap. May 7, 1710; died young.

5. Maria Gouverneur, bap. July 13, 1712 ; m. ist, Sept. 23, 1735,

Henry Myer, Jr., son of Hendrick Myer and Wyntje Rhee, and
had Henricus, bap. Aug. 4, 1736. She m. 2d, Dec. 31, 1742,
Jasper Farmer, Merchant of New York.

6. v. Johannes,2 bap. Dec. 20, 16 71 ; d. young.

7. vi. Hester,2 bap. Oct. 8, 1673 ; m. Barent Rynders (Reinders,
Rynderts), of the city of New York, merchant, m. 1. dated March 10, 1696.
He was probably a son of Barent Reyndertse, smith, who was living at
Albany as early as 1657, and died there in 1682. 1 His will is dated Feb.
5, 1725; proven Jan. 25, 1726-7. His widow, Hester, made will dated
July 11, 1757; proven April 29, 1763. Issue:

1. Geertruyt Rynders, bap. Aug. 16, 1702; m. ist, about 1728,

Nicholas Gouverneur, and 2d David, son of William Provoost.
By her first husband, Nicholas Gouverneur, she had Hester, bap.
Sept. 7, 1729; died young; Abraham, bap. Nov. 22, 1730;
Hester, bap. March 5, 1732; Barend, bap. Feb. 6, 1734; died
young ; Nicholaus, bap. June 15, 1735 ; died young ; Barent, bap.
May 29, 1737; and Nicholaus, bap. April 18, 1739. By her
second husband, David Provoost, she had one son, David Rynders
Provoost, bap. at Hackensack, N. J., July 21, 1745, and per-
haps others.

2. Elizabeth Rynders, bap. Sept. 1 7, 1 704 ; m. July 3, 1 729, Nicholas

Bayard, son of Samuel Bayard and Margreta Van Cortlant, and
had Hester, bap. July 29, 1730; Samuel, bap. March 22, 1732 ;
Samuel, bap. June 13, 1733; Margareta, bap. Feb. 2, 1735;
Nicholas, bap. Nov. 14, 1736; Margareta, bap. Aug. 27, 1738;
Judith, bap. Feb. 29, 1740; Barent Rynders, bap. March 31,
1742; and Elisabeth, bap. Oct. 15, 1746.

3. Johanna Rvndkrs, bap. July 21, 1706; in. Dec. 12, 1723, David,

son of David Provoost and Helena Byvanck. See vol. vi. p. 16,
of the N. Y. G. and B. Record. To the account of their family,
there given, add that their dau. Helena, bap. May 24, 1728,
m. Ist, Fresneau ; 111. 2d, June 19, 1760, Jacob Brewerton.

4. Ester Rynders, bap. Oct. 31, 1708; d. unmarried.

5. Barent Rvndkrs, bap. Nov. 19, 1710; m. Feb. 3, 1740, Maria

Cuyler. He died before July, 1757, leaving wife and dau. Hester
surviving him.

6. Jacob Rvndkrs, bap. Oct. 26, 171 2 ; d. s. p.

7. Alida Rvndkrs, bap. Oct. 31, 1716; m. March 10, 1743, Henry

1 Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. 91.

THE LEISLER FAMILY. j,

Cuyler, Jr., of the city of New York, merchant, son of Henry
Cuyler and Maria Jacobs; he was bap. Sept. 25, 1 7 1 5 . They
had issue : Barent Rynders, bap. March 20, 1745; Hester, bap.
Jan. 4, 1747; Maria, bap. June 15, 1748; and Alida, bap. Nov.
12, 1749.
8. Johannes Rynders, bap. Jan. 14, 1719; d. s. p.

8. vii. Francina," bap. Dec. 16, 1676; m. ist, Thomas Lewis; m. 1.
dated Nov. 26, 1694. Will of Thomas Lewis, merchant, of New York,
"at this present time in good health but now bound out on a voyage," is
dated Jan. 10, 1699-1700; proven June 14, 1704; names: wife, Frances;
son, Thomas ; ''and the child with which his wife is big withall." Appoints
his wife and brothers, Leendart Lewis, and Barent Rynders, Executrix and
Executors. Issue:

1. Thomas Lewis, bap. , 1695.?

2. Jakoba Lewis, bap. in Brooklyn, Sept. 12, 1697; she m. ist, May

17, 1724, Jesse, son of Lucas Kierstede and Rachel Kip ; he was
a sea captain and prob. d. s. p. ; his widow m. 2d, April 21,
1734, Bartholomeus Schatts, by whom had issue: Reinier, bap.
April 2, 1735; and Francina, bap. Sep. 12, 1739.

3. Francina Lewis, bap. in New York, April 9, 1699.
Francina Leisler,2 widow of Thomas Lewis, m. 2d, Jochem Staats

(prob. the widower of Antje Barentse Reyndertse, who died in
17071), by whom she had Elizabeth, bap. June 12, 1712, at
which date Jochem Staats had deceased.

9. viii. Margaret.1 It is probably an error to place her name here as
the eighth child of Jacob Leisler. She is mentioned in the petition of her
mother, brother, and sisters to the Queen (1694?), praying for the reversal
of the Attainders pronounced against her father and Jacob Milborne.2 No
other notice is found of her, and it is probable that she was the step-da tighter
of Jacob Leisler, Margaret Van der Veen, who married Isaac Stephenszen.
See page 7.

LOOCKERMANS.

Among the early settlers of New Netherland were five* persons bearing
this name — Govert, Jacob and Pieter Janse Loockermans, and their sis-
ter Anneken, and a Balthus Loockermans. The modern form of the name
is Lockerman, but in the early records of the family it is spelt Loocker-
mans.

Balthus or Balthazer Loockermans was perhaps a cousin of the
others, the exact relationship being difficult to determine, from the meagre
records that have come down to us concerning him. He and his wife
Engeltje Hendricks, had two children baptized in the Dutch Church in
New Amsterdam, viz., Jacob, May 28, 1662, and Jannetie, Oct. 14, 1663.

Pieter Janse Loockermans was in New Amsterdam in January, 1642,

1 Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, p. 105.

3 Coll. N. V. Hist. Society for 1868, p. 335.

* Anthony Loockermans with his partners Messrs. (Paulus Leendertsen] Van dcr Grist, fComelis) Schutt
and (Cornells] Stecnwyck, on the 26th Nov., 1654. made an agreement with the Director (Stuyvesant) and
Council, for the charter of the ship Golden Shark, for a voyage to the West Indies. Of him we have no
other notice, and suppose that Govert Lookennans is the person alluded to. (Cal. N. Y. Hist. SlbS. Dutch,
P U3-)

j6 the leisler family.

and we find traces of him here as late as Oct. 1648. In 1656 he was a
citizen of Beverwyck (Albany,) and purchased there, Nov. 16, of that year,
a house lot of Hendrik Gerritse (Van Wie or Verwey). In April, 1658,
he was a boatswain in the West India Company's service. He probably
had the following children :

i. Pieter Loockermans, who probably had two daughters,

viz. : Marritje, married at Albany, Dec. 5, 1694, to Jo-
hannes Fonda, and Lammertje, married at the same
place, Nov. 3, 1700, to Ariaen Oothout.

ii. Maria Loockermans, who married, 1st, Pieter Van Alen,
of Kinderhook, widower of Maria Teller, and, 2d, in
1677, Gerrit Van Nes, of Greenbush.

iii. Hilletje Loockermans, who married, prior to 1682, Cor-
nelis Stephense Muller, of Greenbush, 1663; of Clave-
rack, 1720.

iv. Caatje Loockermans, who married, prior to 1683, Jan
Salomonse Goewey, of Albany.

v. Anna Loockermans, who married, 1st, prior to 1684,
Adam Winne, of Albany, and, 2d, Oct. 18, 1691, Jacob
Teunise Van Woert, widower of Catryn Claas, of the
same place.*

Jacob Janse Loockermans also settled in Beverwyck, as early as 1657.
On the 28th of July, in that year, the Sheriff brought a suit against him for
having assaulted Meuwes Hogenboom, and split his face open from his
forehead to his under lip with his knife ; he was find 300 guilders ($120),
and ordered to pay for loss of time, board, and surgical attendance. In
May, 1664, he and John Davits were Commissioners to negotiate a treaty
of peace between the Mohawks and the Northern Indians, or Abenaquis,
which they successfully concluded at Narrington, on the 24th of that month.
In April, 1667, he purchased a house and lot in Albany, of Willem Jansen
Schudt, and another July 25, 1684, of Laurence Van. Alen. On the 24th
of August, 1685, he obtained a license to travel, trade, and hunt among
the Indians, as far as the Wagganasse and Attawaasse (Ottawas), with a
company of thirty men. He was probably the Captain Loquerman, who,
with Arian Abrahanise Schuyler and Jean Blaquerd, were detained as hos-
tages in Canada by Gov. Denonville, while awaiting a reply to his letter to
Gov. Dongan, dated Oct. 2, 1687, in which he complained of the infraction
of the late treaty of peace by the English. He was living Aug. 18, 1700,
at which date he was a sponsor at the baptism, in Albany, of his grandson
Jacob, the son of Wessels Ten Brocck and Caatje Loockermans, who were
married in Albany, April 2, 1684.!

Anneken [Ann] Loockermans, j. d. Van Turnhout, married Feb. 26,
1642, Oi.okt Stephenszen [Van Cortlandt] j. m. Van W'yck in Duurs-
tede. She probably came out with her brother Govert, on his return to
New Netherland in Nov., 1641, her name first appearing in the records as
one of the witnesses at the baptism, Dec. 1, 1641, of his eldest dau. Mar-
ritje. In the Members Book of the Dutch Church in New York, her hus-
band's name is recorded Adolph Stephenszen Van Courtl1, and at the

* Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, pp. 49, 54, 75, 85, 112, 128, 152, and Pearson's Early Records of
Albany, p. 8. Cat. N. V. Hist. MsS. Dutch, p. 195.

t Cal. N. Y. Hist. MSS. Dutch, p. 307-316. English, p. 139. Pearson's First Settlers of Albany, pp.
73, 109, and Doc Rel. to Col. Mist, of N. V., vol. 3, p. 513. Broadhead's Hist, of N. V. vol. 1, p. 733.

THE LEISLER FAMILY.

17

baptism of their children, Olof Stephenszen Van Courtlanl and Van Court-
landt The name is now spelled, we believe, by the family, \ran Cort-
landt.

Olof Stephenszen Van Cortlandt came to New Amsterdam in the ship 1 Car-
ing in 1637, a soldier in the West India Company's Service. He was pro-
moted by Gov. Kieft, and in July, 1659, appointed Commissary of Car-
goes, at a salary of thirty guilders ($12) per month. Jn 1645 was elected
one of the Board of Bight men to adopt measures against the Indians, and
in 1649, one of the Board of Nine men, of which body the following year
he was President. He was elected Schepen of the City in 1654, and in
1655 was advanced to the higher position of Burgomaster, an office he held
during the years 1656-58-59, 1662-63 and 1665. He was Alderman in
1666-67, 71, and succeeded Mr. Isaac Bedlow, upon the death of that
gentleman, in the same office in 1673. His place of residence was in
the lirouwer Straat, now Stone Street, where he was also engaged in busi-
ness as a Brewer, in which occupation he became wealthy. " He had the
character of being a worthy citizen and a man most liberal in his

chanties."* He died April 4, 1684, having :niwivud his wife about -a- year. ciZuL ~?VLcl*i/ /V-. /<? '^4
Issue :\

1. Stephanus Van Cortlandt, born May 7, 1643 ; bap. May 10,
1643 ; m. Sept. 10, 1671, Geertruyd Schuyler, j. d. Van Albania, dau. of
Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Margareta Van Slechtenhorst.

2. Marritie [Mary] Van Cortlandt, born July 30, 1654; the records
of the Dutch Church in N. V. gives the date of her baptism July 23, 1645 ;
m. April 27, 1662, Jeremias Van Rensselaer, j. m. Van Amsterdam,
second son of Kilian Van Rensselaer, the first ancestor of the family in
America.

3. Johannes [John] Van Cortlandt, born Oct. n, 1648; bap. Oct.
25, 1648 ; died unmarried.

4. Fytie [Sophia] Van Cortlandt, born May 31, 1651 ; bap. June 4,
1651 ; m. May 6, 1671, Andries Teller, j. m. Van N. Albania, son of
Willem Teller and Margariet Dunces (Donchesen).

5. Catharina Van Cortlandt, born Oct. 25, 1652 ; bap. Jan. 5,
1653 ; m. 1st Nov. 3, 1675, Johannes Dervall, j. m. Van Amsterdam ;
he died Feb. 18, 1689, and his widow m. 2d Nov. 30, 1692, De Hr. Fred-
erick. Philipszen (Phillipse), wedr. of Margariet Hardens (Hardenbroeck),
the first Lord of the manor of Philipsburg.

6. Cornelia Van Cortlandt, born Nov. 21, 1655 ; bap. Nov. 28,
1655 ; m. July 12, 1682, Brandt Schuyler, j. m. Van N. Albania, son of
Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Margareta Van Slechtenhurst. He was born
Dec. 18, 1659. (Prof. Pearson, to whom we are indebted for the date of
Brandt Schuyler's birth, says, in his " First Settlers of Albany," page 98, that
he married 2d, April 16, 1741, Margareta Van Wyck. It was his grand-
son, Brandt, the son of Philip Brandtse Schuyler and Anna Elizabeth
Staats, who married Margareta Van Wyck, and died Aug. 15, 1752. Their
children were baptized in the Dutch Church in New York.)

7. Jacobus [James] Van Cortlandt, born July 7, 1658; his baptism
is recorded the same day; m. May 7, 1691, Eva Phillipse, dau. of Freder-
ick Phillipse and Margariet Hardenbroeck.

* Doc. Rcl. to Co!. Hist, of N. Y., vol. i, p. 249. 431. O'Callaghan's Hist, of New Nctherland, vol i, p.
an-13. Register of New Netherland. Valentine's Manual for 1849, p. 133-4-5.
1 Si N. Y. G. and 1'.. Record, vol. v., p. 71.

jg THE LEISLER FAMILY.

i. Govert Loockermans,1 the most noted of his family, was born at
Turnhout, a town in the Netherlands, and came to New Amsterdam in
April, 1633. It appears he left Holland with Director General AVouter
Van Twiller in the ship Soutberg, which captured on her voyage a Spanish
caravel, the St. Martin, to which vessel he was transferred, and which was
brought safely into port. With him came Jacob Wolfertsen (Van Cou-
wenhoven), whose first wife, Hester Jans, was a sister of Loockerman's
first wife. Upon his arrival he was taken into the service of the West
India Company, as clerk, but he soon left this employment and engaged
in business on his own account.

In 1640 he went back to Holland, where he married 1st, in Amsterdam,
Feb. 26, 1 641, Ariaentje Jans, with whom he returned to New Amsterdam in
the ship King David, Job Arentsen, Master, arriving here Nov. 29, 1641.

On the 20th Jan., 1642, he purchased of Isaac Allerton the yacht Hope,
in which he was engaged in trade between New Amsterdam and Fort
Orange (Albany), and intervening points along the river, also to the South
or Delaware River, and up the Sound to the mouth of the Connecticut. In
July, 1644, while his vessel was passing Beeren Island, on the Upper Hud-
son, lie was hailed by Nicholas Coom, Commander at Rensselaer's Stein,
and ordered to lower his colors. On being asked for whom, Coorn re-
plied, " for the Staple right of Rensselaerswyck." But Loockermans re-
fused with an oath to strike his flag " for any individual save the Prince of
Orange and the Lords, his masters," whereupon Coorn fired several shots
at his vessel, one of which " went through the sail, and broke the ropes and
the ladder," and another " perforated the princely colors, about a foot above
the head of Loockermans, who kept the colors constantly in his hands."

On the night of the 27th of Feb., 1643. Maryn Adriaensen and Govert
Loockermans, by order of Gov. (Cleft, led the attack of a company of citi-
zens upon a party of Indians who had encamped with their women and
children, at Corlears Hook. Thirty of the savages were killed while asleep
and unsuspicious of dinger from those they had deemed their friends. It
is said that the recollection of this terrible and needless massacre, though
approved by the general sentiment of that time, gave him much disquietude
during the later years of his life.

His trading and shipping operations kept pace with the growth of New
Amsterdam and the river towns, and before 1649 he had two or three
times visited Holland, and established an extensive commercial corre-
spondence with that country. He also carried on a large brewing busi-
ness in Pearl Street, near the present Hanover Square, where he resided.
In Sept., 165 1, he was sentenced to be banished for three years on a charge
of violating the revenue laws, but this sentence was not enforced, and he
afterwards held some of the highest positions of honor in the Colony. He
was one of the Board of Nine Men in 1647-9 and ^50, Schepen in 1657
and 1660, appointed one of the Orphan .Masters Sept. 10, 1663, in place
of Johannes Van Brugh, Indian Interpeter in 1658, and Commissioner
in 1663 with Martin Cregier to extinguish the Indian title to the lands
from Barnegat to the Raritan. To the honor of the Dutch Settlers, be it
said, that they always pursued an honest course with the Indians in obtain-
ing their lands by fair purchase. He was also a Commissioner, in
May, 1653, with Johannes De La Montague and David Provoost, ap-
pointed to attend the investigation of an alleged conspiracy of the Dutch
and Indians against the English.

THE LEISLER FAMILY. Ig

In 1666 he became a resident of Long Island in the vicinity of New
Utrecht, his wife (by his second marriage) remaining in New Vbrk, where
it appears she was engaged in shop keeping, an occupation not uncommon
for the thrifty Dutch women of that period. There is no doubt that lie
married his 2d wife Marritje Jans in the Dutch Church at New Amsterdam,
July 11, 1649.

On the 13th of July, 1670, he was commissioned Lieutenant of a com-
pany of foot in New York, and probably died late in the autumn of that
year.*

He possessed a superior education, for the times in which he lived. Bold,
adventurous, enterprising, not much troubled with scruples, either in his
trading intercourse with the Indians, or the more extensive traffic in which
he afterwards engaged to the Netherlands, he amassed a large fortune,
and was at his death probably the wealthiest citizen in New York. Dying
intestate, it became a fruitful source of contention between his heirs for many
years after. Like his friend. David 1'rovoost, he was a thorn to the F.ng-
lish, who hated him for the influence he wielded over the Indians, and his
success among them as a trader, by what they termed a " crooked &
pverse wave." It is recorded that Govert Aertsen, a small trader, was
obliged to carry, in 1648, for his better protection when visiting the Connec-
ticut Settlements, a certificate from the Magistrates of New Amsterdam
that he was not Govert Loockermans. Our New England friends have
since learned to discriminate better.

By his first wife Govert Loockermans1 had issue :

2. i. Marritje" [Maria or Mary], born Nov. 3, 1641, in the ship
Coninck Davit (King David) on the voyage to St. Christopher and New
Netherland ; f bap. Dec. 1, 1641 ; m. in New Amsterdam, Nov 12,
1664,^ Balthazar Bavard, of Amsterdam, son of Samuel Bayard and
Anna Stuyvesant.§ Issue;

1. Samuel Bavard, born Sept. 20, 1665 ; died young.

2. Anaentje [Ariaentie] Bayard, born Nov. 18, 1667 ; bap.

Nov, 20, 1667 ; m. Oct. 26, 1691, Samuel Yerplanck,.soii
of Gelyn Yerplanck and Hendrickje Wessels.

3. Anna Maria Bayard, born March 6, 1670 ; bap. March 10,

1670 ; m. in New York. Oct. 28, 1697, Augustus Jay, || son
of Pierre Jay, of La Rochelle in France, and Judith Francois.

4. Samuel Bavard, born June 14, 1672; bap. June 16, 1672;

no further account.

5. Judith Bayard, born Jan. 31, 1677 ; bap. Feb. 7, 1677, and

died on the 10th day after her birth.

6. Jacobus Bayard, bap. June 25, 1679; m. Dec. 22, 1703,

Hillegond de Kay, dau. of Capt. Theunis de Kay and He-
lena Yan Brugh.

* Broadhead's Hist, of New York, vol. i, p. 223, 401 ; O'Callaghan's Hist, of New Netherland, vol. 1, p.
142-344. vol. 2, p. 38; Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist, of N. Y.. vol. 1, p. 432-453, vol. 2, p. 472. O'Callaghan's
Register of Ne« Netherland ; Cat. N. Y. Hist. MSS. Dutch, p. 17, 18, 27, 28, 44, 46; Cal. N. Y. Hist.
MSS. English, p. 6, 7, 28, 102-3-8, 216, 248 ; Vincent's Hist, of Delaware, vol. 1. p. 472 ; N. Y. G. and B.
RECORD, vol. 5, p. 69, vol 7. p. 123-4 ; Valentine's Manual for 1852, p. 398.

t N. V. (',. and K. Record, vol. v., p. 60.

t From the family Bible. The Dutch Church records in New York give the date of their marriage Oct.

$ She was a sister of Gov. Petrus Stuyvesant, and came with him to New Amsterdam — then a widow — with
her three sons. Balthazar, Nicholas and I'etrus. She m. 2d. Oct. 14. 1656. Nicholas Verlet, widower of
Susanna C.illis. and was again a widow before Jan. 19, 1683. Her son, Petrus Bayard, become a Labadist,
and removed to the Delaware.

This name is often disguised in the N V Dutch Church Records as Sjee.

20 THE LEISLER FAMILY.

7. Govert Bayard, bap. Nov. 4, 1682 ; no further account.

8. Judith Bayard, bap. May 23, 1685 ; m. March 5, 1722,

Gerardus Stuyvesant, son of Nicholas Stuyvesant and
Elizabeth Van Slechtenhorst.

3. ii. Jannetie,3 born Sept. 23, 1643; bap. Sept. 27, 1643; m. Feb.
12, 1667, Dr. Hans Kierstede, son of Dr. Hans Kierstede and Sara
Roelofs. Issue :

1. Hans Kierstede, bap. Feb. 19, 1668; m. Oct. 1, 1696, Dina

Van Schaick, dau. of Arie Cornelisen Van Schaick and Re-
becca Idens.

2. Adriaentie Kierstede, bap. April 8, 1670; m. Sept. 27,

1693, Dirck Adolphszen [De Groof], of New York, son
of Adolph Pieterszen Van der Groeft or De Groof and Aefje
Dircks.

3. Cornelis Kierstede, bap. Jan. 5, 1675; m. Sept. 9, 1703,

Sarah Elswaert (Elsworth), dau. of Clement Elswaert and
Anna Maria Engelbrecht.

4. Jacobus Kierstede, bap. April 14, 1677.

5. Anna Elizabeth Kierstede, bap. Dec. 17, 1679.

6. Sara Catharyn Kierstede, bap. Nov. 5, 1681.

7. Annetie Kierstede, bap. May 24, 1684.

8. Marritje [Maria], bap. Oct. 3, 1686; m. March 18, 1711,

Pieter Davids.
By his second wife Govert Loockermans1 had issue :

4. iii. Jacob3, bap. March 17, 1652. He was a Physician, joined the
Dutch Church in New York Dec. 13, 1674, and in Oct., 1679, was a resi-
dent of the County of St. Mary, in Maryland. About the year 16S1 he
removed to Easton, Talbot County, Md., where he became a planter. He
married, Jan 29, 167 3. Helena Ketin, and died August 17, 1730. Issue:

5. i. Nicholas3, born Nov. 10, 1697; in. in 1721, Sally, dau. of Yin-
cent Emerson, of the Grange near Dover, Del. Issue :

6. i. VINCENT*, born at the Grange in 1722, m. 1st, Susannah ,

and 2d, in Feb., 1774, Elizabeth Pryor, dau. of John Pryor, of Dover. He
died at Dover, Aug. 26, 1785. By his first wife had issue :

7. i. Vincent6, who married •, and had two daughters: Elizabeth",

who m. Thomas Daw, of Philadelphia, and , who m. Hon. Nicho-
las G. Williamson, of Wilmington, Del.

By his second wife, Vincent Loockermans4 had issue :

8. ii. Nicholas", born Nov. 27, 1783; died March 20, 1850, unmar-
ried.

9. iii. Elizabeth*, born Dec. 23, 1779; no. May 8, 1805, Thomas
Bradford, of Phila., son of Thomas Bradford and Mary Fisher. He was
a descendant in the fifth generation of William Bradford, the first Printer
in the Middle Colonies of British America.* He was born at Phila., Sept.
11, 1781, and died there Oct. 25, 1851. She died same place April 8,
1842-! Issue:

1. Vincent Loockermans Bradford, born Sept. 24, 1808.
Lawyer in Phila. m. July 21, 1831, Juliet S. Rev, dau. of
Emanuel Rey, Esq., planter, of the Island of St. Martin.
West Indies.

* N. Y. G. and B. Record, vol. iv., p. 187-8.

t Simpson's Lives of Eminent l'hiladelpliians, p. 131.

THE LEISLER FAMIL V. 2 j

2. Elizabeth Loockermans Bradford, born Sept. 19, 1810;

in. Oct. 12, 1831, Rev. WilliamT. Dwight, son of Timothy
Dwight, D.I). Sec Hist, of the Descendants of John
Dwight, vol. 1, p. 205.

3. Benjamin Rush BRADFORD, of New Brighton, Beaver Co.,

Penn. 111. in i860, Margaret Campbell, of Butler Co., I'enn.

4. William BRADFORD, born in 1815 ; a resident (187 1) of Phila-

delphia.

5. Thomas Budd Bradford, born in 1816. He was a Minister

of the Gospel at Dover, Del., and twice married. The name
of his first wife we are unable to give. His second wife was
Lucy H. Porter, dau. of Dr. Robert R. Porter, of Wilming-
ton, Del. He died at Dover, March 25, 187 1.
The account of Jacob Loockermans'' and his descendants is mainly com-
piled from Vincent's History of the State of Delaware, vol. 1., p. 474 to
477-

The materials in this Sketch, not otherwise indicated, are from
the Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York, and
New York Wills and Conveyances.

INDEX TO NAMES.

Adolphsen, see De Groof.
Adriaensen, 18
Aertsen, 19
Allerton, 18
Aniill, 10
Arentsen, 18

Bartels, 11
Bayard, 14, 19, 20
Bedlow, 17
Beeckraan, 8
Benckes, 11
Blaquerd, 16
Bogardus, 6
Bradford, 20
Brasher, 8
Brewerton, 14
Byvanck, 14

Campbell, 21
Carr, 13
Claas, 16
Coerten, 8
Coorn, 18
Corneliszen, 6
Cregier, 18
Cuyler, 14, 15

Dankers, 1 1
Davids, 20
Davits, 16
I )avy, 20
De Groof, 20
De Hart, 7, 12
De Kay, 19
De Kleyn, 7, 11
De Labadie, n
De I. a Montagne, 18
De Lanoy, 8
Dclavall, 13
Denonville, 16
De Potter, 6
1 )c Riemer, 13

Dervall, 17

I )ii< ks, 20
Dirckszen, 6
I )irkse, 6
Donaldson, 11, 12
Donchesen, 17
Dongan, 10, 16
Dunces, 17
Dwight, 21

Edsal, 8, 13
Flberts, 5
Klsworth, 20
Emerson, 20
luigelbrecht, 20
Evertsen, 11

Farmer, 14
Fisher, 20
Fonda, 16
Francois, 19
Fresneau, 14

Gillis, 19
Goewey, 16

(louverneur, 8, 13, 14
Grim 5

Hamersly, 12
Hardenbroeck, 1 7
Hendricks, 6, 15
Hermans, 11
Hoffelsen, 5
Hogenboom, 16
Huggens, see De Kleyn.
Idens, 20
Ingoldsby, 8, 13

Jacobs, 15

Jans, 6, 11, 18, 19

Janszen, 5, 6, 11
Jay. 19
Jonas, 6

24

IXDEX TO NAMES.

Ketin 20
Kieft, 6, 17, 18
Kierstede, 15, 20
Kip, 15

Lawrence, 8

Leisler, 5, 7

Lewis, 15

Lispenard, 1 1

Livingston, 9

Loockermans, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 20

Mauritz, 7, 12
Milborne, 8, 9, 22, 13
Muller, 16
Meyer, 14

Nicholson, 8

Oothout. 16

Tappegoya, 13
Pasko, 7
Pawling, 1 1
Pearson, 1 7
Pell, 7
Pliillipse, 17
Porter, 21
Printz, 13
Provoost, 14, 18
Pryor, 20

Reinders, 10, 14, 15
Rev, 20

Reynderste, 15
Rhee, 14
Richard, 12
Riddle, 10, 1 1
Robinson, 6, 1 r
Rodenburg, 11
Roelofs, 1 1, 20
Rombouts, 6
Rynders, 14, 15

Schatts, 15
Schudt, 16
Schutt, 15
Schuyler, 16, 17
Selyns, 10
Sharp, 13
Sjee, see Jay.
Sloughter, 8
Sluyter, 1 1

Spragg, 10, n
Staats, 8, 15, 17
Steenwyck, 15
Stephenszen, 7, 15
Stoffelsen, 5
Stuyvesant, 15, 19, 20

Teller, 16, 17
Temple, 10
Ten Broeck, 16
Turck, 6
Tymens, 5,6, 7, 10

Van Alen, 16

Van Brugh, 6, 11, 18, 19

Van Cortlandt, 14, 16, 17

Van Couwenhoven, 18

Van der Gouw, 6

Van der Grist, 15

Van der Groeft, 20

Van der Veen, 5, 6, 7, 11, 15

Wan Dyk. 1 1

Van Feurdeii, 8

Van Hartj-berge, 12

Van Xes, 16

Van Rensselaer, 17

Van Schaick, 20

Van Slechtenhorst, 17, 20

Van Tienhoven, 5

Van Twiller, 5, 6, 18

Van Wie, 16

Wan \Voert, 16

Van Wyck, 1 7

Varick, 11

Vaughtoa, 10, 11, 12

Verbrugge, 6, 11

Verleth, 1 1, 19

W'nnelje, 8

\erplanck, 19

Verwejr, 16

Visboom, 1 1

Walters, 7, 11, 12

Wendel, 12

Wessels, 12, 13, 19

Willemszen, 6

Williams, 8

Williamson, 20

A\'inne, 16

Wolfertsen, see Van Couwenhoven.

Wolsum, 7, 11

Yates, 12